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The new somatic symptom disorder in DSM-5 risks mislabeling many people as mentally ill

BMJ 2013; 346 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1580 (Published 19 March 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f1580

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Re: The new somatic symptom disorder in DSM-5 risks mislabeling many people as mentally ill

The National CFIDS Foundation is immenssly concerned sbout the damage and erroneous mislabeling that will be the effect of the new DSM-5. Patients already have a great deal of trouble trying to be correctly diagnosed and the DSM-5 has neglected to recognize all the scientific proof that has been fully replicated within recent years. The publication of the DSM-5 will be harmful to many. It ignores "First, do no harm."

Competing interests: No competing interests

25 March 2013
Gail R. Kansky
volunteer President
National CFIDS Foundation, Inc.
103 Aletha Rd., Needham, MA 02492-3931, USA